Meet the new Texans in Congress [Video]

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WASHINGTON — Texas will get four new members of the U.S. House in January after this year’s election including one member who is the delegation’s first LGBTQ+ member and another who will be the youngest sitting Republican in the House.

The new members will be replacing some of the longest-serving and senior members of Texas’ congressional delegation.

One other new member, U.S. Rep. Erica Lee Carter, has already started working in the U.S. House. She is the daughter of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who died of cancer earlier this year, and will finish out her mother’s term which ends in early January.

Texas has the second largest delegation in Congress, with 38 members of the House in addition to its two senators. Texans in Congress have historically …